Combination locking means for reservoir bungs and faucets



Sept. 24, 1929. 1,729,089

COMBINATION LOCKING MEANS FOR RESERVOIR BUNGS AND FAUCETS c. A. SCHMIDTET AL Filed March 7. 1928 amnion Carl AJSChmidt, & James WestergaardPatented Sept. 24, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CA at A. SCHMIDT, orWATERLOO, AND JAMEswEs'rnneAAnn, or BEINBECK, IOWA COMBINATION LOCKINGMEANS FOR Rns'nn-vom Bones AND FAUCETS Application filed. March 7, 1928.Serial No. 259,896.

Our invention relates to improvements in locking devices, and the objectof our im provements is to supply combination locking means for reseroir or barrel bungs and their taps or faucets, and so constructed as tobe readily mounted thereon and quickly removed from either when desired,with independent locking devices for the bungs and faucets, wherebyunauthorized filling ordraining of a container are prevented.

This object we have accomplished by the means which are hereinafterdescribed and claimed, and which are illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Fig. 1 is a diametrical vertical section of abarrel-head and of the bung lockin means applied thereto, and in which afaucet thereon and other elements are shown in side elevation, partsbeing broken away. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary end elevation of thebarrel-head showing our improved locking devices mounted thereon, a

part of the bung locking casing being broken away.

Our invention is not restricted to the precise construction andarrangement of parts herein shown and described, nor to the variousdetails thereof, as the same may be modified or rearranged in variousparticulars without departing from the spirit and scope of ourinvention, one practical embodiment of which has been herein illustratedand described without attempting to show all of the various forms andmodifications in which our invention might be embodied.

Our invention is applicable to any species of container. We show at 1 abarrel having a head 2, and as positioned on its side. In the verticaldi meter of the head 2 are a bunghole above and a tap-hole below, bothnear the rim. In the bung-hole is fitted an interiorly threaded sleeve 3to receive the threaded stem of a metal bung l removably. The bung hasa. terminal outer expansion whose peripheral shape is immaterial asshown at and sli 'htly spaced away from the head. The numeral denotesaflatring mounted concentrically around the bung 4 behind the expansionrim 5 thereof and abutting the barrel head 2. The lower part of saidring has a projection 11 extending at a rightangle outwardly from thehead and having a terminal aperture 12. At the oppositepart of the ring10 a portion 6 is pressed outwardly to provide a seat between it and thehead 2 for an inturned lip 7 projecting from the rear marginal edge of aconcave. or cupped casing member SWlllCll incloses the bung and ringoutside the head 2. c The casing 8 has an oblong slot 9 traversed by thering projection 11 so that the aperture 12 of the latter is without butclose to the head of the casing.

Directly below the bung-hole is positioned the tap-hole in which ismounted an interiorly threaded sleeve 21 to receive removably thethreaded stem 22 of a faucet 23 which is of the valvular type having anoperating arm 25 oivoted at 24t thereon to actuate the inner valve notshown. This arm is channeled longitudinally and has a longitudinalslot26 nearits free end to receive a staple 27 therethrough'whichisfixed on the faucet spout.

The numeral 1? denotes a chain connector positioned in a directlinebetween the proj ection 11 and the staple 27, or approximately so, andhaving at the top an elongated hook 13 linked to the chain by a weldedeye 14. The free terminal of the hook is preferably longer than theother side part of the hook. The hook 13 is adapted to enter theaperture 12 of the projection 11, while a long'terminal link of thechain is passed over the staple 27. The padlock-hasp at 29 is linkedinto the staple 27 outside of thelink 20. Another padlock 16 has itshasppassed around the hook 13.

-In, the application of the locking means shown, both the bung 4 and theoperating arm of the fauce't23 are locked, so that the former cannot beremoved for unauthorized refillingof the container by anyone other thanthe'concern supplying the container to the user, nor can be faucet armbe unlocked, which, prevents thefts by way-of the faucet of the contentsof the container. The chain con.- nector is disposed'in'a direct linefrom the bung to the faucet with little or no slackness. The concernsupplying the container to a user may have its individual lock 16, sothat the user cannot permit the re-filling of the container by acompetitor.

The flexibility of the chain connector allows it to be used to connect abung on a barrel or tank top with a faucet or other tap on the sidethereof by conforming around the intermediate angle of the container,and in the most direct line therebetween, which could not be done with arigid connector.

Havlng described our inventlon, what we clalm as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is: A

1. Locking means of the character described, comprising in combinationwith a rimmed bung removably secured in and closing the bung-hole ofacontainer and with a tap also mounted on the container and providedwith a valve and valve-operating means, an apertured device rotatablyinterlocked with the bung rim, a chain connector having a long terminalhook and a long end link adapted to be releasably engaged respectivelywith said apertured device and with the valve-operating means of the tapto fasten them both in their closed positions, and locking-devicesremovably interlocked respectively with said terminal hook and end link,

6 independently to prevent the removal of said devices from the bung andtap.

2. Locking means of the character described, comprising in combinationwith a bung having rimmed engaging-means and removably secured in andclosing the bung-hole of a container, and with a tap having a valve anda valve-operating device and also mounted removably in a tap-hole of thecontainer, of a connector between said bung and the said tap, comprisinga chain having a relatively long end hook, a ring surrounding said bungand engaged between its engaging-means and the container and having aperipheral and terminally apertured projection, a concave casing havingan edge tongue bent inwardly and engaged between said ring and'thecontainer and having a single aperture traversed by said projectionwhose aperture is positioned outside of the casing, said tap having r afixed staple thereon and said valve-operating device including a pivotedarm apertured to be traversed by said staple when the valve is in closedposition, the hook of said connector being interlinked with theapertured terminal of said projection and an end link being engaged withsaid staple outside of said arm, a padlock having its hasp releasablyinterlocked with said staple, and another padlock having its haspinclosing and locking to- V gether the opposite parts of the hook whichis engaged with said apertured projection.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures.

I CARL A. SCHMIDT.

JAMES WESTERGAARD.

